he says he very much fears a desperate president assad will use them. this is the word of a rebel commander. he has a vested interest in saying these things. we talked yesterday with former defense secretary cohen of the concerns over this intelligence and that is what u.s. officials have to weigh, how much they trust the voices on the ground among a ragtag bunch of rebels. >>shepard: now the kidnapping ordeal surrounding the nbc news team including their chief foreign correspondent richard engel in syria. after the escape, one team member was still unaccounted for. nbc reports today that man, too, is safe. remember, according to the network gunman kidnapped and blindfolded richard engel along with several colleagues. the report is they tied them up, threatened to kill them and tried to make them choose which of them should be shot first. according to nbc news, the team managed to escape after a firefight but amid the gunshot aztecal support staffer got separated from the group. today, nbc news confirmed that worker is free and "said to be in good condi